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Weekend Word Wrap: Shakespeare likes cryptic clues, too

I know I promised Tom Toce's big mental_floss cryptic puzzle today, but after my puzzle primer post, I thought you all could use just a wee-bit more practice. Today's theme isn't Einstein, rather Shakespeare, William Shakespeare (hint: William Shakespeare's work, his name, anything, really, that can be tied directly back to William Shakespeare). Tom and I have put together 15 new clues - the harder ones are his, the real easy ones are mine. (read: blame him if this makes you feel dumb!)
First one to get "˜em all gets serious bragging rights. For those just joining us, you can check out my primer here, or any one of thesegreatsites on how to solve cryptic clues.

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DID YOU KNOW? Marlon Brando hated memorizing lines so much that he posted cue cards everywhere to help him get through scenes.
He even asked for lines to be written on an actress's posterior. (That request was denied.)